The Jack Lawrence Podcast Jack Lawrence

"I always wanted to have this big impact, and to work on something that's changing the world"My guest today is Adam Boro. Adam is a magnificent filmmaker, who currently has over half a million followers on TikTok. You may have seen some of his mega viral videos, which include taking a girl to the north pole for a first date, randomly travelling to a desert oasis or his adventures in Machu Picchu. Prior to his recent infamy, Adam studied aerospace engineering, interned at NASA, and was ev...

"Time is the dimension by which consciousness experiences change"My guest today is Ben Johnston Handy, You probably know Ben as the prolific TikTok creator @Benjhandy, who has over 1.1 million followers. He makes videos on futurism, science, and most recently, what to do in a dangerous/embarrassing situation. But Ben has done and does many other things, including writing, screenwriting, theatre, all of which we get into in this conversation. I've been a huge fan of Ben's videos for ...

"I was always motivated by the idea of - what if there was a way to break the system? If you know the system you can break the system. And if you can break the system, then you can do cool stuff"Today's guest is Kilian Lohmann - he's an Oxford Physicist, who has recently submitted his PhD Researching Solar Cells. He's also an improvised comedian, and, I'm lucky enough to say, he's a very dear friend of mine.Kilian studied Natural Sciences, specialising in Physics at Cambridge University for h...

"The fact that Science can call itself out when there are gaps in its knowledge - and it can update and make revisions overtime - people see that as being inconsistent, but it's actually more about being being more and more confident over time as we update our understanding. People think that Science contradicts itself, but that's the best part."My guest today is Alice O'Keefe. Alice is a PhD student at the University of Wollongong in Australia, where she is studying the usage of N...

In this highly requested solo episode I present an introduction to the Philosophy of Science.I’ve explored some of these ideas in some tiktok videos, and have mentioned them in other episodes tangentially, giving brief explanations. In this episode, I offer a short crash-course into some of those key ideas. We will ask ourselves what Science fundamentally is? What separates it from other kinds of knowledge? How do we justify scientific knowledge - that is, how does science fundamentally ...

"Find something you like doing, and go for it" - Dr Charlotte WaterfallDr Charlotte Waterfall is an astrophysicist specialising in Heliophysics and Space Weather. She is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher following the completion of her PhD work on flaring young stars. She is better known as Space_Waterfall on TikTok where she makes educational content around her career, the latest activity from the Sun, and wider Astrophysics topics.In this conversation we do a deep dive into all...